Jasoni Laboratory

Research interests

The focus of our research is on discovering how the maternal environment during pregnancy affects the formation of the fetal brain. With conditions such as obesity and diabetes on the rise in Western society, it is critical that we fully understand the health implications of these disorders for future generations.

At the Centre for Neuroendocrinology we seek to:

Discover epigenetic changes in the brains of the offspring of obese or diabetic mothers

Establish specifically how these changes bring about altered development of axon tracts in the offspring hypothalamus

Jasoni, C. L., Sanders, T. R., & Kim, D. W. (2015). Do all roads lead to Rome? The
role of neuro-immune interactions before birth in the programming of offspring obesity.
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 8, 455. doi:
10.3389/fnins.2014.00455

Fiorini, Z., & Jasoni, C. L. (2010). A novel developmental role for Kisspeptin in
the growth of GnRH neurites to the median eminence in the mouse. Journal of Neuroendocrinology,
22(10), 1113-1125. doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.02059.x